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Harvard University Herbaria: Vascular Plants of North America (Harvard)

The Harvard University Herbaria, with over 5 million specimens, is the world’s largest University Herbaria. Included in the Herbaria are what were once six separate herbarium collections: * Herbarium of the Arnold Arboretum (A) * Economic Herbarium of Oakes Ames (ECON) * Oakes Ames Orchid Herbarium (AMES) * Farlow Herbarium (FH) * Gray Herbarium (GH) * New England Botanical Club Herbarium (NEBC).
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Collection Statistics

  • 1,105,348 specimen records
  • 3,866 (0.35%) georeferenced
  • 1,062,903 (96%) with media (1,062,903 total media)
  • 1,074,272 (97%) identified to species
  • 327 families
  • 4,846 genera
  • 42,351 species
  • 50,882 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)

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Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Data snapshot of local collection database
Last Update: 4 February 2025
Digital Metadata: EML File
IPT / DwC-A Source: IPT Import (Vascular Plants North America)
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Taxon Distribution
Taxon Distribution
  • Acanthocereus (13)
  • Acanthorhipsalis (1)
  • Aporocactus (4)
  • Ariocarpus (11)
  • Astrophytum (4)
  • Aztekium (1)
  • Bergerocactus (5)
  • Cactus (3)
  • Carnegiea (23)
  • Cephalocereus (5)
  • Cereus (76)
  • Coryphantha (99)
  • Cylindropuntia (8)
  • Dendrocereus (3)
  • Disocactus (13)
  • Echinocactus (53)
  • Echinocereus (221)
  • Echinomastus (2)
  • Echinopsis (8)
  • Epiphyllum (70)
  • Epithelantha (4)
  • Escobaria (1)
  • Ferocactus (78)
  • Grusonia (1)
  • Haageocereus (1)
  • Hamatocactus (1)
  • Harrisia (27)
  • Heliocereus (1)
  • Hylocereus (59)
  • Leptocereus (19)
  • Mammillaria (105)
  • Melocactus (58)
  • Mitrocereus (3)
  • Myrtillocactus (9)
  • Neolloydia (9)
  • Neomammillaria (3)
  • Nopalea (2)
  • Nyctocereus (6)
  • Obregonia (2)
  • Opuntia (971)
  • Pachycereus (32)
  • Parodia (1)
  • Pediocactus (14)
  • Pelecyphora (2)
  • Peniocereus (13)
  • Pereskia (60)
  • Pereskiopsis (11)
  • Pilocereus (1)
  • Pilosocereus (81)
  • Pseudorhipsalis (3)
  • Rhipsalis (137)
  • Schlumbergera (2)
  • Sclerocactus (10)
  • Selenicereus (60)
  • Stenocactus (5)
  • Stenocereus (37)
  • Thelocactus (13)
  • Weberocereus (1)
  • Wilcoxia (1)